Essex BAP species

This page lists species in the Essex Biodiversity Action Plan.

Species recorded in Essex with data available here, in some cases currently only a small proportion of the county records that exist (see the Species search page for more information on the taxonomic groups currently covered) - there are many others that cannot yet be mapped.

SpeciesGroup
Hornet Robber Fly Asilus crabroniformisDiptera: Larger Brachycera
Shrill Carder Bee Bombus sylvarumAculeata: Apinae
Common Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestrisColeoptera
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervusColeoptera
Heath Fritillary Mellicta athaliaLepidoptera: butterflies
Warty Newt / Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatusAmphibians and reptiles

All EBAP species

TaxonVernacular
Alauda arvensis Sky Lark
Alosa alosaAllis Shad
Alosa fallaxTwaite Shad
Arvicola terrestrisNorthern Water Vole
Asilus crabroniformisHornet Robber Fly
Austropotamobius pallipesWhite-clawed Crayfish
Bombus sylvarumShrill Carder Bee
Botaurus stellarisBittern
Burhinus oedicnemusStone Curlew
Cicindela campestrisCommon Tiger Beetle
Gortyna borelii lunataFisher's Estuarine Moth
Idaea ochrata cantiataBright Wave
Lepus europaeusBrown Hare
Lucanus cervusStag Beetle
Lutra lutraOtter
Malachius aeneusScarlet Malachite Beetle
Mellicta athaliaHeath Fritillary
Muscardinus avellanariusHazel Dormouse
Perdix perdixGrey Partridge
Peucedanum officinaleHog`s Fennel
Phocoena phocoenaHarbour Porpoise
Pipistrellus pipistrellusCommon Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus 45kHzCommon Pipistrelle 45kHz
Pipistrellus pipistrellus 55kHzCommon Pipistrelle 55kHz
Populus nigra subsp. betulifoliaBlack Poplar
Primula elatiorOxlip
Segmentina nitidaShining Ram's-horn
Triturus cristatusWarty Newt / Great Crested Newt
Turdus philomelosSong Thrush
Vertigo moulinsianaDes Moulins' Whorl Snail